PHI 1101 Lecture 2: Chapter 2

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sardar Hosseini

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There are 3 steps to an argument: recognizing arguments, analyzing arguments - intermediary step because the main part is evaluating arguments, evaluating arguments - to see if an argument is good or not. The strategy to analyze arguments: see if we can rst detect what the conclusion is. Identify any inference indicators (since, because, therefore, so, thus, etc. : rule out descriptions, reports, disputes, commands, etc. Identify if the argument is simple or complex. If it is a simple argument, identify what the conclusion is. If it is a complex argument, determine what the nal conclusion is, along with the intermediate conclusion(s). Start with what is clear and build from there. We put simple arguments into standard form by listing the premises one after another, drawing a line, then stating the conclusion. Number the premises, the conclusion is the last / highest number. (you don"t have to draw a line) The teachers at ps 197 are public employees.